en Cardiology Cardiology Original Research Original Research To evaluate the correlation of cytomegalovirus (CMV) and coronary artery disease (CAD), one-hundred patients with CAD and the same number of healthy individuals as a control group were randomly selected and studied for anti-CMV using ELISA method. Ninety percent of patients and 77 percent of the control group were anti-CMV positive and statistical analysis showed a significant correlation between these groups (p<0.05). Certain risk factors such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, smoking, type A personality and familial history were also studied. The distribution of these factors in the patient group were higher than those of the control group and a significant correlation was observed between these groups, but no dependency was observed between anti CMV and the above parameters in the patient group. Results of this study showed a meaningful correlation between the anti-CMV level and coronary artery disease. Atherosclerosis, Anti-cytomegalovirus antibody. 43 45 http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-298-352&slc_lang=en&sid=1 S EBRAHIM-POOR 20031947532846004490 20031947532846004490 Yes From the Department of Virology and Cardiology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, I.R. Iran. S SAMADIKHAH 20031947532846004491 20031947532846004491 No J JAVANMARDY 20031947532846004492 20031947532846004492 No S MOZAFFARY 20031947532846004493 20031947532846004493 No H KOOSHAVAR 20031947532846004494 20031947532846004494 No S RASSY 20031947532846004495 20031947532846004495 No